We've known for several years that seminarians and young priests are increasingly more orthodox, a great sign for the future. A major survey in 2023 by Catholic University of America indicated that "progressive" priests are going extinct. Alleluia for that! A bit from the article:
“Simply put, the portion of new priests who see themselves as politically ‘liberal’ or theologically ‘progressive’ has been steadily declining since the Second Vatican Council and has now all but vanished,” the report asserts.
That doesn't mean they embrace traditionalism, but they are ditching liberalism and progressivism. And that is a great start!
Good news indeed. We need many holy, orthodox priests to guide our families and celebrate the Holy Eucharist with faith and reverence. We've spent too many years making man the focus of the sacrifice instead of the Lamb of God. Now, let us pray for a return to Communion kneeling and on the tongue and the end of hordes of lay ministers distributing the Body of Christ.
There are many other signs of hope. Here are just a few headlines to celebrate.
Catholic university cancels heterodox Fr. James Martin’s commencement speechUPDATE: Catholic university in New Jersey cancels ‘drag bingo’ More Planned Parenthood locations closing in New York, Illinois, Utah
I’m worried that we might go too far. Visited a church in Columbus recently where about 50% of the women wore veils and the homily was basically saying that families should choose to educate their male children but that ‘the equivalent’ of a high school diploma was good enough for girls. As a proud nurse of 40 years, and the mother of 4 girls who are all working moms or wives, I asked Father after Mass who he thought would be doing the jobs that women do and he was a bit flustered but the man behind me jumped in to say: Protestants! And they both laughed. I shook my head. This church was full of young families, which is wonderful. But what an odd message.
ReplyDeleteWhat father gave you was good Catholic advice. If a young woman's vocation is marriage, that is her "job". Do you have grandchildren? If so, who educates them? Hopefully not the public indoctrination system. In our chapel none of the wives, who have children at home, work outside the home. In fact, our bishop says it is a sin to send kids to public schools. Either homeschool or join online, true Catholic schools run by nuns.
DeleteI have hope because I believe the promises of Christ. I do not put my trust in men who "tilt" with the wind. LOL that a petition or threatened rosary rally (can't believe "catholics" associate prayer (rosary) with political activity (rally) to put pressure/gain the respect of men) caused an event to be cancelled or a speaker disinvited -- sure worked with Obama at Notre Dame, didn't it? So the wind shift came from the new pope. And who was he elected by again: Nighty Night Tobin, Cupich, Farrell, McElroy? All closeted McCarrick men. I personally prefer Francis to closeted sodomite/pedophiles or closeted "conservatives" (your 2023 survey during the reign of Francis belies 40 years of testimony of men who said if they opposed sodomy, married or women priests, birth control, etc. they could not get into seminary).
ReplyDeleteEvil, corruption and blackmail thrive when truth or vice is closeted--and, of course, that is to the advantage of the 'movers and shakers' in the Knights of Malta, Opus Dei, and anyone else who regards the church as a political entity of worldly money and power which they seek to control or profit from.
You tell your readers to discount SNAP, but it isn't only SNAP reporting Prevost's record with priest sex abusers. Ivereigh who has ties to both St. Galen Mafia and Opus Die has just come out blaming these reports on "Sodalitium Christianae Vitae (SCV), a right-wing Peruvian movement founded in the 1970s to combat liberation theology" which Prevost suppressed while "reaching out" to Opus and Charismatics. He formed the lay in his Peruvian diocese in the image of Francis' exhortations.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/ivereigh-prevost-francis-pope-leo-austen
Cardinal Muller, another "conservative" darling of opus die, also supports liberation theology.
https://english.katholisch.de/artikel/57001-cardinal-mueller-gutierrez-was-one-of-the-great-theologians
But don't 'conservatives' oppose liberation theology? Seriously, what does it mean to "tilt" (with the wind) "conservative" when the conservatives now support abortion, sodomy and big deficits?
When Trump 'opposed' abortion, he funded planned parenthood ($1800 million)
https://nypost.com/2023/12/12/news/planned-parenthood-took-1-8b-in-taxpayer-money-with-90m-from-covid-loans-feds/
Now trump opposes banning abortion and "cuts" planned parenthood ($10s of millions):
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/31/trump-admin-cuts-tens-of-millions-from-planned-parenthood-00261763
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/republicans-change-platform-to-reflect-trumps-position-opposing-federal-abortion-ban
For what it's worth, a suburban parish within a thirty minute drive from me had doubled the numbers in the OCIA at Easter Vigil. By double I mean from say 25 to 50. By the way, half were in their 20s and 30s and quite a few were single. This gives me hope for the future. A few other parishes in my diocese and the neighboring dioceses had similar experiences.
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